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If there wa'n't any meat eat there wouldn't be any Democratic party, an' there wouldn't be any wranglin' in the state. There'd be one party, jest as there'd ought to be." "I wish you hadn't brought it up, father," Sarah lamented again; "it's most killin' me." "If we hadn't both of us been eatin' so much animal food there wouldn't have been any trouble," repeated Cephas.
"He was a quick man an' a just, an' saw fwhat I wud be afther. 'Wid Mrs. Bragin's husband, sez he. He might ha' known by me askin' that favor that I had done him no wrong. "We wint to the back av the arsenal an' I stripped to him, an' for ten minutes 'twas all I cud do to prevent him killin' himself against my fistes.
"I can clear him of 'em both," said Madge. "I'll sw'ar th' killin' was in self-defense; I'll sw'ar that Holton owned, before me, that he saw Joe leave th' stable afore th' fire." "He saw him!" exclaimed Frank, astonished. "What was Holton doing there?" "Oh, don't you see?" said Madge. "He war your enemy th' man as told Joe th' lie ag'in you in th' mountings, th' man as tried to burn Queen Bess."
A few days later he went to Hazlan of his own accord and gave up his gun to Raines. He wouldn't shake hands with old Brayton, he said, nor with any other man who would hire another man to do his "killin';" but he promised to fight no more, and he kept his word. A flood followed on New Year's day.
It's better that I should die quietly than that the whole of us should die fightin', and, maybe, killin' savages as well, which would be of no manner of use, d'ye see. I can only die once, you know, so I advise ye to give it up, an' leave the whole matter in the hands of Providence." "Not at all," said Squill stoutly.
The rough riders gravitated back to the fire escape. Kirby had studied the relation of his uncle's apartment to the building opposite. He had not yet examined it with reference to the adjoining rooms. "While we're cuttin' trail might as well be thorough," he said to his friend. "The miscreant that did this killin' might 'a' walked out the door or he might 'a' come through the window here.
Besides, Buck Tom took nothin' from me, an' ye wouldn't have me shoot a man for missin' me surely. If you're so fond o' killin', why didn't you shoot him yourself? you had a rare chance!" Crux grinned for his ugly mouth could not compass a smile as he thought thus to turn the tables on his comrade. "Well, he's got clear off, anyhow, returned the comrade, an' it's a pity, for "
Does a gent mention that he brands eight hundred calves that spring round-up, Vance cuts in with the bluff that his brother Abe brands twelve hundred; does a sport su'gest that he sees a party win four thousand dollars ag'in monte or roulette or faro or some sech amoosement, Vance gets thar prompt with some ranikaboo relations of a time when his brother Abe goes ag'inst Whitey Bob at Wichita, makes a killin' of over sixty thousand dollars, an' breaks the bank.
"I heard the cook say he knew you an' he called you Kid I suppose you are the Pan Handle Kid?" he asked. "I didn't know the' was a Pan Handle Kid, but they're pretty common an' they're all a good bit alike. Forced to begin killin' before they're able to put the right value on life, an' once they begin, no way to stop.
"The idea is all right, Sun. But Jim is a married man. Most of his deputies are married. If it comes to a mix some of 'em 'd get it sure. Now there isn't a married man on the Concho which makes a lot of difference. Sabe?" "I reckon that's right," admitted Sundown, "Killin' a married man is like killin' the whole fambly." "And you're a single man so you're all right," said Shoop. "Gee Gosh!
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